The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently completed a flurry of activity to help define the biosimilar pathway, including issuing final guidances on biosimilar clinical pharmacology and biologics non-proprietary naming, as well as a draft guidance on biosimilar interchangeability. In parallel, litigation that should clarify the BPCIA patent resolution process, including timing of the

Five years after enactment of the BPCIA and following its first biosimilar approval, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized its initial guidances describing the scientific and regulatory expectations for biosimilar approval under the 351(k) pathway. Scientific Considerations Demonstrating Biosimilarity to a Reference Product. Final 4/28/15. Quality Considerations in Demonstrating Biosimilarity of a Therapeutic Protein

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first U.S. biosimilar, Zarxio (filgrastim-sndz). Since the positive vote of FDA’s Oncologic’s Drugs Advisory Committee at its January meeting, approval of Sandoz’s biosimilar to Amgen’s Neupogen for all 5 Neupogen indications was anticipated. This landmark event comes almost exactly 5 years after passage of the

Including biosimilars in the release of expected 2014 CDER draft guidance documents has sparked the public interest as industry, physicians, patients and others await additional cues on FDA’s implementation of the BPCIA. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s 2014 agenda for new and revised draft guidances includes the following for Biosimilars: Biosimilars: Additional Questions

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association requests that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration assign the same non-proprietary name to a biosimilar as the one held by its reference biologic. FDA has not articulated a policy for naming of biologics, biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars, although they asked for input on the topic in the Public Meetings and

A collection of associations for higher education wrote to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg urging a requirement for biosimilar applicants to certify that they have complied with the information exchange and patent dispute resolution provisions of the BPCIA. The concern raised is that: “biosmilar sponsors can effectively circumvent every patent litigation provision of the statute simply

On Tuesday afternoon, three of Hogan Lovells’ Appellate practice partners will provide an analysis of some of the key decisions that will impact businesses as the Supreme Court concludes its current term. Neal Katyal, former Acting Solicitor General of the United States and Appellate practice Co-Director, Cate Stetson, Co-Director of our Appellate practice; and Chris

While a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law is not expected until June, sponsors and regulators continue to lay the groundwork for biosimilars in the U.S. An unintended consequence of embedding the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act within PPACA without a severability clause leaves the biosimilars law vulnerable to

According to several recent presentations by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials, the agency has established three committees charged with discussing and coordinating issues related to biosimilars to ensure consistency in the regulatory approach and guidance to sponsors. While FDA set up this infrastructure some time ago, with the issuance of the Draft Guidances

Thoughts on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently issued biosimilar guidance documents? The time to act is now. As described in our earlier post , FDA must provide the public an opportunity to comment on the three recently issued biosimilars draft guidances. 42 USC 262(k)(8)(B)(i). As described in the announcement notices in the Federal

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released three draft Guidances on implementation of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009. The Q&A, Scientific Considerations, and Quality Guidances cover the overall framework for biosimilar application requirements as envisioned by FDA. Notably, FDA has deferred guidance on how to establish interchangeability. FDA emphasizes a “step-wise”

The Food and Drug Law Institute held a recent “Dialogue” on the naming and labeling of biosimilars in the U.S. as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implements the abbreviated pathway for biosimilars authorized under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. While the representatives from FDA participated on both panels—naming and labeling, the remainder

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